Restaurant serving up dish to benefit Holy Angels

A Cramerton restaurant and nonprofit are partnering in an opportunity that benefits both.

Center Street Tavern and Restaurant is working with Holy Angels in Belmont to raise some money for the nonprofit that provides a home for people with intellectual and physical disabilities.

Sister Nancy Nance of Holy Angels tells me Center Street Tavern owner Kathleen Hover brought the idea to Holy Angels. Hover had long been a supporter of Holy Angels. At Christmas, she puts up an angel tree in the restaurant. Customers have been generous, often taking more than one “wish” off the tree for Holy Angel residents. Hover’s also been a lane sponsor for the Angel Bowl, a bowl-a-thon fundraiser.

Nance calls it a win-win. Holy Angels brings in money it wouldn’t have otherwise; the restaurant brings in customers it might not get if it wasn’t offering the special.

Here’s how the dining special works: You’ll head to the Southfork Dining Room, where your group will sit at a round table for the shareable meal. Each person can choose soup or salad. Then there’s a choice of two entrees from three choices, three side dishes from six options, a choice of rolls or biscuits, a cobbler or ice cream dessert and a choice of tea or coffee to drink. The family style dining will be offered for dinner on Friday and Saturday and during brunch — from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Sundays. It’s all you can eat at $13.99 for adults and $6.99 for kids. Children under 3 eat free.

“For the money, it’s a deal,” Nance said.

The dining offer started last weekend and will continue for three more weekends. Depending on how it goes, this might become permanent or an option that’s offered every so often.

Holy Angels was founded in 1956 by the Sisters of Mercy. Many of the residents who live at Holy Angels are medically fragile and require intensive care around the clock.

Center Street Tavern opened in downtown Cramerton in 2009.

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